I understand the need for having an enlarged roster to cover those that need to miss a night for personal reasons, and I prefer this. I hate getting to raid and having to wait around to find a geared replacement.
But....the thing that really gets to me is this "sit out" is directed at the healers, I can't speak for any of the other healers but I know I would gladly go re-spec to DPS for a night.
Why can't the sit out be on a whole raid rotating basis so the healers are not sitting out once every 7th time but once every 25-30 times (depending on amount in roster).
Then if a healer happened to be dps for the night it could be understood that that person would still be able to roll MAIN spec as healer and only roll on dps gear if it was passed on, like we currently do
I enjoy raiding with this group, it is difficult to get 25 people together and get along fairly well. I hope that whatever decision is made impacts the entire raid and not a set group, I would hate to see anamosity amongst the players start.
*Note to bar...If you need help with a rotating roster let me know I would gladly help to keep that up